ἀγγούριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓́γγουρον (ắngouron, “cucumber”) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aŋ.ɡǔː.ri.on/ → /aŋˈɡu.ri.on/ → /aŋˈɡu.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /aŋ.ɡǔː.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aŋˈɡu.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aŋˈɡu.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aŋˈɡu.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aŋˈɡu.ri.on/

Noun

ᾰ̓γγούρῐον • (ăngoúrĭon) n (genitive ᾰ̓γγουρῐ́ου); second declension

1. (botany) diminutive of ᾰ̓́γγουρον (ắngouron, “cucumber”)

   Synonyms: σῐκῠός (sĭkŭós), σῐ́κῠος (sĭ́kŭos), σῐ́κυς (sĭ́kus)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ᾰ̓γγούρῐον; τοῦ ᾰ̓γγουρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̓γγούρῐον tò ăngoúrĭon	τὼ ᾰ̓γγουρῐ́ω tṑ ăngourĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓γγούρῐᾰ tằ ăngoúrĭă
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓γγουρῐ́ου toû ăngourĭ́ou	τοῖν ᾰ̓γγουρῐ́οιν toîn ăngourĭ́oin	τῶν ᾰ̓γγουρῐ́ων tôn ăngourĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓γγουρῐ́ῳ tôi ăngourĭ́ōi	τοῖν ᾰ̓γγουρῐ́οιν toîn ăngourĭ́oin	τοῖς ᾰ̓γγουρῐ́οις toîs ăngourĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̓γγούρῐον tò ăngoúrĭon	τὼ ᾰ̓γγουρῐ́ω tṑ ăngourĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓γγούρῐᾰ tằ ăngoúrĭă
Vocative	ᾰ̓γγούρῐον ăngoúrĭon	ᾰ̓γγουρῐ́ω ăngourĭ́ō	ᾰ̓γγούρῐᾰ ăngoúrĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ᾰ̓γγουρέᾱ f (ăngouréā)
• ᾰ̓γγουρόσπορος m (ăngourósporos, “seed of cucumber”)

Descendants

• Byzantine Greek: ἀγγούριν (angoúrin)
  • Greek: αγγούρι (angoúri)
• → Belarusian: агуро́к (ahurók)
• → Czech: okurka
• → Hungarian: uborka
• → Italian: anguria
• → Kashubian: gùrka
• → Old Polish: ogurek
  • Polish: ogórek
    • → Yiddish: אוגערקע (ugerke)
  • → German: Gurke
    • → Estonian: kurk
    • → Swedish: gurka
      • → Finnish: kurkku
  • → Middle Low German: augurke
    • → Danish: agurk
      • → Greenlandic: agurki
    • → Dutch: augurk
      • ⇒ Dutch: gurken
        • → English: gherkin
    • → Icelandic: agúrka, gúrka
    • → Norwegian: agurk
    • → Lithuanian: agurkas
    • → Latvian: augurķis, agurķe, agurķis, gurķe, gurķis
  • → Lower Sorbian: górka
  • → Upper Sorbian: kórka
• → Russian: огуре́ц (oguréc)
  • → Khakas: ӱгурсӱ (ügursü)
  • → Yakut: огурсу (ogursu)
• → Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic script: у̀горак
  • Latin script: ùgorak
• → Slovak: uhorka
• → Ukrainian: огіро́к (ohirók)
• → Arabic: عَجُّور (ʕajjūr) (semantic loan)

Further reading

• ἀγγούριον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)